2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metres explained

Event:	Girls' 1500 metres
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	16 and 18 July
Competitors:	22
Nations:	17
Win Value:	4:12.92
Gold:	Bedatu Hirpa
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Dalila Abdulkadir
Silvernoc:	BHR
Bronze:	Joyline Cherotich
Bronzenoc:	KEN
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The girls' 1500 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 16 and 18 July 2015.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		3:54.52	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Championship Record		4:09.48	Lille, France	9 July 2011
World Youth Leading		4:13.8	Nairobi, Kenya	1 April 2015

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			4:18.61	Q,
2	2			4:19.34	Q,
3	2			4:19.96	Q,
4	2			4:20.59	Q,
5	2			4:21.36	q,
6	2			4:21.91	q,
7	2			4:21.91	q
8	2			4:25.19	q
9	1			4:28.70	Q
10	1			4:32.03	Q
11	1			4:32.13	Q
12	1			4:32.14	Q
13	1			4:32.15
14	1			4:34.53
15	2			4:35.91
16	1			4:36.42
17	1			4:38.42
18	2			4:43.87
19	1			4:58.23
20	2			5:13.90
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Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			4:12.92
			4:13.35
			4:15.20
4			4:18.61
5			4:19.43
6			4:21.59
7			4:21.63
8			4:21.78
9			4:23.04
10			4:23.16
11			4:29.85
12			4:32.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timetable . World Athletics.
2. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Round 1 . . 16 July 2015.
3. Web site: 1500 Metres Girls - Final . . 18 July 2015.